Intense cold conditions prevailed in northern parts of the country with Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil recording minus 20 degrees Celsius. The mercury dipped across the Kashmir and Ladakh divisions due to dry weather and is likely to remain so till Saturday. Gulmarg – the famous ski-resort- recorded a minimum of minus 6.4 degrees Celsius. <br/><br/>Temperatures remained below the freezing point in high-altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh. Keylong in tribal Lahaul and Spiti district recorded a low of minus 7 degrees Celsius. <br/><br/>There was no respite from cold wave in Punjab and Haryana as minimum temperatures hovered between 1 to 5 degrees Celsius at most places in the states. The holy city of Amritsar was the coldest place in the two states at 1.2 degrees Celsius. <br/><br/>Minimum temperatures plummeted by a few degrees at several places in Rajasthan with Sikar being the coldest place in the state at 3 degrees Celsius.<br/> <br/>The weather in Uttar Pradesh remained dry with dense fog occurring at a few places in the eastern parts of the state.Muzaffarnagar was the coldest place at 2.9 degrees Celsius. <br/><br/>Cold and foggy conditions also prevailed in some parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim and also in a few areas in northern Bihar. <br/><br/>The national capital recorded a high of 23.6 degrees Celsius owing to a sun-washed afternoon while the minimum in the city was 6.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average. The Northern Railway said, as many as 13 north- bound trains were cancelled, 5 rescheduled and 39 delayed as of 5 pm due to fog and other reasons.